New Rochelle

New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York. The city was settled by Huguenot Protestant settlers from France in 1688, and it was named for the Huguenot city of La Rochelle. New Rochelle continued to attract French settlers until 1760, and it remained an agricultural settlement for the rest of the century. In the 19th century, waves of Irish and French immigrants arrived in New Rochelle, and all of the city's African-American slaves were freed by 1827. In 1899, New Rochelle was incorporated as a city, and the city grew to be the wealthiest city in the state and the third-wealthiest city in the United States during the 1930s. In 2016, New Rochelle had a population of 79,557 people.